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Description
14 images. Bandits shot, 12 May 1952. Doctor Dorothy Sill (work over Lester Sherwood, victim) W. Lilliendahl (male nurse) Lester Sherwood (victim) Albert Redford (male nurse) Frank Antes (gas station attendant) Ted Kuhlkin (officer) H.J. Virgin (officer) R.M. Reddish (officer) Max Herman (officer) M.J. Lee (officer) G.D. McGehee (officer) Lee Bouey (officer) C.L. Buckland. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: McCarty. Date: 1952-05-12. Reporter: Mandel. Assignment: Holdup men shot. 7-8: Left to right -- Herb Rosenberg, 18, 15 Paloma Avenue, Venice Sid Kaner, 25, 127 Marine Street, Ocean Park (kneeling) and Sam Rafeedie, 25, of 814 Commonwealth Avenue, Venice, look at bullet hole made in his car by stray police bullet. 10: Station attendant Frank Antes, 25, of 1200 South Westlake Avenue, looks at bullet hole made by police through station door. In background is Officer Ted Kuhlkin. 11, 12, 14: suspect Lester Sherwood lies on ground after being shot by police. With him are officers Lee Bouey and C.L. Buckland who helped catch him. 13, 15, 16: Left to right -- Officer M.J. Lee, Officer G.D. McGehee stand by suspect Albert Redford at Georgia Street Hospital. 18: Officer Max Herman from Central Robbery Division questions victim Lester Sherwood at Georgia Street Hospital. 19-21: Left to right -- reporter, Officer H.J. Virgin, Officer R.M. Reddish and Officer Max Herman (in hat) from Central Robbery division, stand around suspect Lester Sherwood at Georgia Street Hospital. 22: Doctor Dorothy Sill, left, and male nurse W. Lilliedahl, right, work over victim Lester Sherwood at Georgia Street Hospital. In background are Officers H.J. Virgin, R.M. Reddish and Max Herman (in hat)".
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image
Format
14 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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